Catholic hospital 'risked woman's life by forcing her to deliver 18-week fetus[W:465]

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re: Catholic hospital 'risked woman's life by forcing her to deliver 18-week fetus[W:465]

Originally Posted by Jack Hays

Precisely. The Catholic includes a spiritual dimension in "the patient as a whole." I suspect they saw themselves doing just what you advocate.

Beyond that, the idea that a physician needs to discuss treatment with a patient is relatively recent, and could be debated on the merits.

This is possibly the heart of the issue. The patient as a whole is the patient and non-viable fetus who has a heart that has not stopped beating, but will in the very near future.

So does the patient have the right to know how sick she will possibly become because of the failing pregnancy? I accept that the hospital/doctors do not have to take part in an abortion . I most certainly do not accept that the doctors/hospital does not have the responsibility to tell her how sick she may become. Hell, from a religious standpoint, perhaps she should be taking sacrament of the sick or seeking other religious guidance if she is in physical peril.

If the suit is correct, it does not seem that she knew who much danger she was facing.

re: Catholic hospital 'risked woman's life by forcing her to deliver 18-week fetus[W:465]

Originally Posted by year2late

This is possibly the heart of the issue. The patient as a whole is the patient and non-viable fetus who has a heart that has not stopped beating, but will in the very near future.

So does the patient have the right to know how sick she will possibly become because of the failing pregnancy? I accept that the hospital/doctors do not have to take part in an abortion . I most certainly do not accept that the doctors/hospital does not have the responsibility to tell her how sick she may become. Hell, from a religious standpoint, perhaps she should be taking sacrament of the sick or seeking other religious guidance if she is in physical peril.

If the suit is correct, it does not seem that she knew who much danger she was facing.

An interesting First Amendment case.

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